Bottle-carrier.



S. H. ROADS.

BOTTLE CARRIER. APPLICATION men Aua.5.191a.

1,38% 969 Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

v gwwnto a child to learner carton SAMUEL H. EGAIDS, GE: SPRINGFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS.

BDT'JLE-CARRIER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Decs MB, 1918.

Application filed. August 5, 1916. Serial No. 2%,529.

To all whom 2'2, may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. ROADS, acitizen'of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, in thecounty of Hampden and State of Massachusetts. have in vented certain newand useful Improvements in Bottle-Carriers, of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to a carrier for bottles, and an object of theinvention is to provide a handle or carrier which is simple inconstruction, durable and one which may be n'ianufactlued at a minin'nuncost.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bottle carrier asspecified which is particularly adapted for use in carrying a singlebottle of milk or other analogous bottles, to eliminate the liability ofdropping the bottle, particularly when sending a the store for a bottleof milk since it is well known that it is ditlicult for a person orchild with a small hand to maintain a firm grip upon a milk bottle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bottle carrierconstructed or spring steel wire including a'substantially inverted U-shaped handle portion having bottle engaging stirrups formed upon thelower ends of its legs the terminals of which stirrups are bent toengage over the top of a bottle neck to form a secure connection betweenthethandle and a bottle.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forminga part of this specification, and in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig.2 is a perspective viewof the bottle carrier.

R-cferring more particularly to the drawing, the letter A indicates anordinary milk bottle to which the carrier 1 is attached.

The bottle carrier 1 c'on'iprises an inverted substantially U-shapedhandle 2, the lower ends of the legs of which are bent to form parallellengths 3 and l which extend tl'lllS- versely to the legs of the handle2 and which are connected by the curved portions a. The legs of thehandle 2 are preferably bent inwardly slight distance directly upwardlyof the lowermost of the parallel strands 8 as shown at 6. The parallelstrands 3, are much shorter than the upper strand 4c, and the latterstrands have their terminals bent upwardly and inwardly as shown at 7and 8 respectively. The upwardly bent, portions 7 are provided forengaging over the bead about the mouth of the bottle. A while thehorizontal inwardly bent portions 8 engage over the top of the mouth orbottle neck when the carrier is applied to the bottle. T he upperportions l and the lower portions 3 are curved to snugly tit about aniill: bottle and these members, which form stirrups for engagement withthe bottle are forced and held in bottle engaging positions by a lockingor confining member 10. This member 10 is formed of a length of wire,preferably of liner gage than the wire of which the handle 2 is formedand it has eyes 11 formedfupon its ends which are slidably mounted uponthe legs of the handle 2. The length of wire which forms the member 10is provided with an upwardly extending tongue or in other words is bentupwardly intermediate its ends as at .12 to permit a person to insertone finger beneath the member to raise it or move it upwardly along thelegs of the handle 2 to allow the lower ends of these legs to swingoutwardly for detachingthe handle from the bottle. The particularbending of the confining rod 10 also adds to the resiliency thereof andpermits expansion as to length, so as to permit the carrier to fitbottles of various sizes.

In order to place the carrier upon a bottle the confininowire 10 is slidupwardly along the legs of the handle 2 and the stirrups or lower endsof the legs are pressed down wardly over the neck of the bottle, theends spring apart and engage about the bottle neck. The wire 10 is nowmoved downwardlv along the lens of the handle 2 until it comes incontact with the top of the bottle which down 'ard movement draws the strrups firmly into engagement with the bottle nccln, and securely fasten;the carrier to the bottle. To remove the carrier from the bottle, theconfining wire 10 is pushed upwardly. thus releasing; its inwardpressure upon the lower stirrup ends of the handle and then a pull isadministered to. the handle, the carrier is slipped cit over the top orneck of the bottle.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit of thisinvention, but,

I claim:

It. A bottle carrier comprising a handle formed o1 spring wire andhaving its lower port-ion bentto form arcuate bottle gripping stirrups,the terminals of said stirru-ps being bent to engage over the top of abottle;

2. A bottle carrier comprising an inverted substantially U-shaped handleformed of spring wire and having its lower portions bent to form arcuatebottle gripping'stirrups, the terminals of said stirrups bein bent toengage over the top of a bottle, and a confining member carried by saidhandle for drawing its leg portions toward each other to securely clampsaid stirrupsin engagement with a bottle.

3. A bottle carrier composed of spring wire bent to form an invertedsubstantially U-shaped handle, the lower portions ofthe legs of saidhandle each being bent to form a pair of superposed parallel lengthsextending transversely to the handle legs, said lengths being curved toform bottle engaging stirrups.

l. A bottle, carrier composed of spring wire bent to form an invertedsubstantially U-sha ed handle, the lower portions of the legs 0 saidhandle each being bent to form a pair of superposed parallel lengthsextending transversely to the handle legs, the up permost of saidlengths being longer than the lower lengths and having their terminalsbent to engage over the top of a bottle neck.

5. A bottle carrier composed of spring wire bent to form an invertedsubstantially U-shaped handle, the lower portions of the legs of saidhandle each being bent to form a pair of superposed parallel lengthsextending transversely to the handle legs, the uppermost of said lengthsbeing longer than the lower lengths and having their terminals bent toengage over the top of a bottle neck, said lengths being curved to formbottle engaging stirrups, and a confining member slidably carried by thelegs of said handle for drawing the legs toward each other and tosecurely clamp said stirrups in engagement with a bottle.

6. A bottle carrier composed of spring wire bent to form an invertedsubstantially U-shaped handle, the lower portions of the legs of saidhandle each being bent to form a pair of superposed parallel lengthsextending transversely to the handle legs, the up perinost of saidlengths being longer than the lower lengths and having their terminalsbent to engage over the top of a bottle neck, said lengthsbeing'curved-to form bottle engaging stirrups, a confining memberslidably carried by the legs of said handle for drawing the legs towardeach other and to securely clamp said stirrups in engagement with abottle, said confining member composed of a length of wire being bentupwardly intermediate its ends.

SAMUEL ri. noans.

